Services include Speech, Occupational, Educational, ABA, and Music Therapy, plus EIPIC, Social/Life Skills, School Readiness, and School Bridging programmes for children with developmental needs. Providing medical and allied health services from assessment, diagnosis to intervention for children with learning, sensory & developmental needs. In Occupational Therapy, an occupational therapist’s role
is to assist a person to reach their maximum potential in activities of daily life. Often referred as occupational performance, this encompasses:
Self care activities such as eating, dressing, bathing
School based activities such as writing, cutting, pasting, the use of classroom tools
Physical play such as sports, school PE, riding a bicycle
Play skills and social activities
As well as the task or skill itself, the occupational therapist will assess the underlying skills that impede a child’s performance such as their motor ability, sensory processing, their ability to attend and focus and their ability to plan, sequence and organize a task from beginning to end. In Speech Therapy , Your child will benefit from a speech-language assessment if they present with any of the following:
Unclear speech or stuttering
Difficulty finding words or putting sentences together
An unusual voice quality
Reliance on gestures and physical actions to communicate
Is less verbal then peers of the same age
Frustration or behavioural issues due to communication breakdown
Difficulties paying attention and listening to others
Difficulties understanding others and following instructions
Difficulties mixing socially and making friends
Struggles to remember sounds and words for reading and writing
Feeding issues including the ability to suck, chew and swallow
Early intervention results in better outcomes so seek help the moment you or anyone who knows your child is concerned about the child's speech, occupational performance or interaction skills.
